Ladies and Light
Issue 48 of ¡El Playlist! serving up two sides of the emotional spectrum
As we finish up week 2 of the worst timeline of the year, here are some podcasts that help us deal with the grief and uplift us at the same time.
Because of course Latinas are capable of this duality.
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Grief and Light
🎧Listen to Grief and Light here
Description: This space was created for you by someone who gets it – your grief, your foundation-shattering reality, and the question of what the heck do we do with the shattered pieces of life and loss around us.
It’s also for the listener who wants to better understand their grieving person, and perhaps wants to learn how to help.
Now entering its third season, the Grief and Light Podcast features both solo episodes and interviews with first-hand experiencers, authors, and professionals, who shine a light on the broad spectrum of experiences, feelings, secondary losses, and takeaways.
As a bereaved sister, I share my personal story of the sudden loss of my younger brother, only sibling, one day after we celebrated his 32nd birthday. I also delve into how that loss, trauma, and grief catapulted me into a truth-seeking journey, which ultimately led me to answer "the calling" of creating this space I now call Grief and Light.
Since launching the first episode on March 30, 2023, the Grief and Light podcast and social platforms have evolved into a powerful resource for grief-informed support, including one-on-one grief guidance, monthly grief circles, community, and much more.
With each episode, you can expect open and authentic conversations sharing our truth, and explorations of how to transmute the grief experience into meaning, and even joy.
My hope is to make you feel less alone, and to be a beacon of light and source of information for anyone embarking on this journey.
"We're all just walking each other HOME." - Ram Dass
Thank you for being here.
Episode recommendation: Nina, a Puertorriqueña, recommends her latest episode Embracing What Is with “award-winning poet, Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer, about the intricate relationship between grief, praise, and the art of surrender. Features poem readings from The Unfolding, personal stories on the duality of joy + grief (felicitreza, as I call it), and the grace found in surrendering to life's challenges as we're flooded with ‘the relentless truth of what is.’”
💻Also watch Grief and Light on YouTube
Ladies Who Bronché
🎧Listen to Ladies Who Bronché here
Description: Ladies who banter.
Ladies who bochinchan.
Ladies who bronché.
bronché (v): spanglish word for brunch.
A podcast from the creators of Shit Spanish Girls Say bringing the New York Latinx voice into spaces where their perspective is often overshadowed
Episode recommendation: Julissa, a Dominicana, suggests starting their 50+ episode catalog with Ladies Who Break the Norms, because “this episode was so uncensored and necessary and enlightening.” And also includes hilarious guests!
💻Also watch Ladies Who Bronché on YouTube
Hasta la próxima vez, drink your water!!
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